Real Madrid put aside, at least temporarily, the crisis caused by recent poor results with a 4-0 victory over Osasuna, in which Vinicius Junior scored three goals and Rodrygo, Éder Militão and Lucas Vázquez left the field injured.
The Merengue team will arrive at the international break for Data Fifa in second place in the LaLiga standings, with 27 points, six behind leaders Barcelona, who on Sunday will visit Real Sociedad in Anoeta.
Real Madrid, however, has a pending game against Valencia, which was postponed due to the serious flooding that occurred in eastern Spain two weeks ago.
After the last two defeats at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium against Barcelona in LaLiga (4-0) and in the Champions League against Milan (3-1), Real Madrid were forced to beat Osasuna to ease the crisis.
Facing an Osasuna team that missed the opportunity to cause damage to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu, Vinicius opened the scoring after half an hour of play with a right shot from inside the box, completing a play that began with a recovery from Belligham.
The Englishman scored the second before the break (42nd), covering Sergio Herrera after receiving a long pass from young Raúl Asencio.
Against a team that did not threaten Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, Vinicius Junior forgot his disappointment and anger at not having won the Ballon d’Or with a hat trick: he scored the second in a one-on-one with Herrera after receiving a assistance from Lunin (61st) and the third taking advantage of a pass from Brahim in the face of the passivity of the Navarrese defense (69th).
The victory, however, came at a high cost for Real Madrid, as Rodrygo, Éder Militão and Lucas Vázquez did not finish the match due to injury and added to the list of absences in the Merengue team (Courtois, Carvajal, Alaba and Tchouameni).
If Rodrygo and Lucas Vázquez seem to have muscle problems, Militão’s could be more serious, as he injured his right knee, being replaced by Raúl Asencio.
In August 2023, the Brazilian defender tore the cruciate ligament in his left knee in the first LaLiga game against Athletic Bilbao, an injury for which he had to undergo surgery and was unable to play for eight months.
